Mount Olive is an unincorporated community in Bradley County, Arkansas, United States. It is the location of (or is the nearest community to) Mt. Olive Rosenwald School, which is located on Bradley Rd. 45 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Goepel was previously the name used for Mount Olive. Dew, Lee A. “The Arkansas Tap Line Cases: A Study in Commerce Regulation.” The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, 1970, pp. 327–344. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40025485. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021. A map showing the route is on Page 12 of 20. A TAP railroad line from the (Warren & Ouachita Valley railroad) at Glynn to New Edinburg, to Daughton and the (St. L. S. W. railroad)
In 1910, the Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad opened a tap line railroad to Goepel (Mt. Olive) in 1910. The branch to Mount Olive was abandoned before 1985.Quoted from Warren and Saline River Railroad. See that article for references.
Jerry Wayne Ross of Mount Olive was killed in action on 1966-09-26 in the Vietnam War. (listed as Ingalls, Arkansas on the War Memorial in Washington, D.C.)
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